It's time the tale were told
     Of how you took a child
     And you made him old

     It's time the tale were told
     Of how you took a child
     And you made him old
     You made him old

     Reel around the fountain
     Slap me on the patio
     I'll take it now
     Oh ...

     Fifteen minutes with you
     Well, I wouldn't say no
     Oh, people said that you were virtually dead
     And they were so wrong

     Fifteen minutes with you
     Oh, well, I wouldn't say no
     Oh, people said that you were easily led
     And they were half-right
     Oh, they ... oh, they were half-right, oh

     It's time the tale were told
     Of how you took a child
     And you made him old
     It's time that the tale were told
     Of how you took a child
     And you made him old
     You made him old

     Oh, reel around the fountain
     Slap me on the patio
     I'll take it now
     Ah ... oh ...

     Fifteen minutes with you
     Oh, I wouldn't say no
     Oh, people see no worth in you
     Oh, but I do.
     Fifteen minutes with you
     Oh, I wouldn't say no
     Oh, people see no worth in you
     I do.
     Oh, I ... oh, I do
     Oh ...

     I dreamt about you last night
     And I fell out of bed twice
     You can pin and mount me like a butterfly
     But "take me to the haven of your bed"
     Was something that you never said
     Two lumps, please
     You're the bee's knees
     But so am I

     Oh, meet me at the fountain
     Shove me on the patio
     I'll take it slowly
     Oh ...

     Fifteen minutes with you
     Oh, I wouldn't say no
     Oh, people see no worth in you
     Oh, but I do.
     Fifteen minutes with you
     Oh, no, I wouldn't say no
     Oh, people see no worth in you
     I do.
     Oh, I ... I do
     Oh, I do
     Oh, I do
     Oh, I do

YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING NOW

     As merry as the days were long
     I was right and you were wrong

     Back at the old grey school
     I would win and you would lose

     But you've got everything now
     You've got everything now
     And what a terrible mess I've made of my life
     Oh, what a mess I've made of my life

     No, I've never had a job
     Because I've never wanted one

     I've seen you smile
     But I've never really heard you laugh

     So who is rich and who is poor ?
     I cannot say ... oh

     You are your mother's only son
     And you're a desperate one
     Oh ...

     But I don't want a lover
     I just want to be seen ... oh ... in the back of your car

     A friendship sadly lost ?
     Well this is true ... and yet, it's false
     Oh ...

     But did I ever tell you, by the way ?
     I never did like your face

     But you've got everything now
     You've got everything now
     And what a terrible mess I've made of my life
     Oh, what a mess I've made of my life

     No, I've never had a job
     Because I'm too shy

     I've seen you smile
     But I've never really heard you laugh

     So who is rich and who is poor ?
     I cannot say ... oh

     Oh ...
     You are your mother's only son
     And you're a desperate one
     Oh ...

     But I don't want a lover
     I just want to be tied ... oh ... to the back of your car
     To the back of your car
     To the back of your car
     To the back of your car
     To the back of your car
     To the back of your car
     Oh ...

MISERABLE LIE

     So, goodbye
     Please stay with your own kind
     And I'll stay with mine

     There's something against us
     It's not time
     It's not time
     So, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

     I know I need hardly say
     How much I love your casual way
     Oh, but please put your tongue away
     A little higher and we're well away
     The dark nights are drawing in
     And your humour is as black as them
     I look at yours, you laugh at mine
     And "love" is just a miserable lie
     You have destroyed my flower-like life
     Not once - twice
     You have corrupt my innocent mind
     Not once - twice
     I know the wind-swept mystical air
     It means : I'd like to see your underwear
     I recognise that mystical air
     It means : I'd like to seize your underwear
     What do we get for our trouble and pain ?
     Just a rented room in Whalley Range
     What do we get for our trouble and pain ?
     ...Whalley Range !
     Into the depths of the criminal world
     I followed her ...

     I need advice, I need advice
     I need advice, I need advice
     Nobody ever looks at me twice
     Nobody ever looks at me twice

     I'm just a country-mile behind
     The world

     I'm just a country-mile behind
     The whole world
     Oh oh, oh ...

     I'm just a country-mile behind
     The world

     I'm just a country-mile behind
     The whole world
     Oh oh, oh ...

     Take me when you go
     Oh oh, oh...

     Take me when you go
     Oh oh, oh ...

     I need advice, I need advice

PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES

     Upon the sand, upon the bay
     "There is a quick and easy way" you say
     Before you illustrate
     I'd rather state :

     "I'm not the man you think I am
     I'm not the man you think I am"

     And Sorrow's native son
     He will not smile for anyone

     And Pretty Girls Make Graves
     Oh ...

     End of the pier, end of the bay
     You tug my arm, and say : "Give in to lust,
     Give up to lust, oh heaven knows we'll
     Soon be dust ... "

     Oh, I'm not the man you think I am
     I'm not the man you think I am

     And Sorrow's native son
     He will not rise for anyone

     And Pretty Girls Make Graves
     Oh really ?
     Oh ...

     I could have been wild and I could have
     Been free
     But Nature played this trick on me

     She wants it Now
     And she will not wait
     But she's too rough
     And I'm too delicate

     Then, on the sand
     Another man, he takes her hand
     A smile lights up her stupid face
     (and well, it would)

     I lost my faith in Womanhood
     I lost my faith in Womanhood
     I lost my faith ...
     Oh ...

     Hand in glove ...
     The sun shines out of our behinds ...
     Oh ...

THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE

     Please don't cry
     For the ghost and the storm outside
     Will not invade this sacred shrine
     Nor infiltrate your mind
     My life down I shall lie
     If the bogey-man should try
     To play tricks on your sacred mind
     To tease, torment, and tantalise
     Wavering shadows loom
     A piano plays in an empty room
     There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight
     And when darknesss lifts and the room is bright
     I'll still be by your side
     For you are all that matters
     And I'll love you to till the day I die
     There never need be longing in your eyes
     As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
     Ceiling shadows shimmy by
     And when the wardrobe towers like a beast of prey
     There's sadness in your beautiful eyes
     Oh, your untouched, unsoiled, wonderous eyes
     My life down I shall lie
     Should restless spirits try
     To play tricks on your sacred mind
     I once had a child, and it saved my life
     And I never even asked his name
     I just looked into his wondrous eyes
     And said : "never never never again"
     And all too soon I did return
     Just like a moth to a flame
     So rattle my bones all over the stones
     I'm only a beggar-man whom nobody owns
     Oh, see how words as old as sin
     Fit me like a glove
     I'm here and here I'll stay
     Together we lie, together we pray
     There never need be longing in your eyes
     As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
     As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
     Mine
     Climb up on my knee, sonny boy
     Although you're only three, sonny boy
     You're - you're mine
     And your mother she just never knew
     Oh, your mother ...
     As long ... as long ... as long
     I did my best for her
     I did my best for her
     As long ... as long ... as long as ... as long
     I did my best for her
     I did my best for her
     Oh ...

THIS CHARMING MAN

     Punctured bicycle
     On a hillside desolate
     Will nature make a man of me yet ?

     When in this charming car
     This charming man

     Why pamper life's complexity
     When the leather runs smooth
     On the passenger seat ?

     I would go out tonight
     But I haven't got a stitch to wear
     This man said "it's gruesome
     That someone so handsome should care"

     Ah ! A jumped-up pantry boy
     Who never knew his place
     He said "return the ring"
     He knows so much about these things
     He knows so much about these things

     I would go out tonight
     But I haven't got a stitch to wear
     This man said "it's gruesome
     That someone so handsome should care"
     La, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man ...
     Oh, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man ...

     Ah ! A jumped-up pantry boy
     Who never knew his place
     He said "return the ring"
     He knows so much about these things
     He knows so much about these things
     He knows so much about these things

     New York version adds :

     I would go out tonight
     But I haven't got a stitch to wear

     I would go out tonight
     But I haven't got a stitch to wear
     Oh, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man ...
     Oh, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man ...

     Ah ! A jumped-up pantry boy
     Who never knew his place
     He said "return the ring"
     He knows so much about these things
     He knows so much about these things
     He knows so much about these things

STILL ILL

     I decree today that life
     Is simply taking and not giving
     England is mine - it owes me a living
     But ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
     Oh, ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
     But we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
     No, we cannot cling to those dreams

     Does the body rule the mind
     Or does the mind rule the body ?
     I dunno...

     Under the iron bridge we kissed
     And although I ended up with sore lips
     It just wasn't like the old days anymore
     No, it wasn't like those days
     Am I still ill ?
     Oh ...
     Am I still ill ?
     Oh ...

     Does the body rule the mind
     Or does the mind rule the body ?
     I dunno...

     Ask me why, and I'll die
     Oh, ask me why, and I'll die
     And if you must, go to work - tomorrow
     Well, if I were you I really wouldn't bother
     For there are brighter sides to life
     And I should know, because I've seen them
     But not very often ...
     Under the iron bridge we kissed
     And although I ended up with sore lips
     It just wasn't like the old days anymore
     No, it wasn't like those days
     Am I still ill ?
     Oh ...
     Oh, am I still ill ?
     Oh ...

HAND IN GLOVE

     Hand in glove
     The sun shines out of our behinds
     No, it's not like any other love
     This one is different - because it's us

     Hand in glove
     We can go wherever we please
     And everything depends upon
     How near you stand to me

     And if the people stare
     Then the people stare
     Oh, I really don't know and I really don't care

     Kiss My Shades

     Hand in glove
     The Good People laugh
     Yes, we may be hidden by rags
     But we've something they'll never have

     Hand in glove
     The sun shines out of our behinds
     Yes, we may be hidden by rags
     But we've something they'll never have

     And if the people stare
     Then the people stare
     Oh, I really don't know and I really don't care

     Kiss My Shades ... oh ...

     So, hand in glove I stake my claim
     I'll fight to the last breath

     If they dare touch a hair on your head
     I'll fight to the last breath

     For the Good Life is out there somewhere
     So stay on my arm, you little charmer

     But I know my luck too well
     Yes, I know my luck too well
     And I'll probably never see you again
     I'll probably never see you again
     I'll probably never see you again
     Oh ...

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE ?

     All men have secrets and here is mine
     So let it be known
     For we have been through hell and high tide
     I think I can rely on you ...
     And yet you start to recoil
     Heavy words are so lightly thrown
     But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you

     So, what difference does it make ?
     So, what difference does it make ?
     It makes none
     But now you have gone
     And you must be looking very old tonight

     The devil will find work for idle hands to do
     I stole and I lied, and why ?
     Because you asked me to !
     But now you make me feel so ashamed
     Because I've only got two hands
     Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh

     So, what difference does it make ?
     Oh, what difference does it make ?
     Oh, it makes none
     But now you have gone
     And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight

     Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to do
     I stole, and then I lied
     Just because you asked me to
     But now you know the truth about me
     You won't see me anymore
     Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh

     But no more apologies
     No more, no more apologies
     Oh, I'm too tired
     I'm so sick and tired
     And I'm feeling very sick and ill today
     But I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh

     Oh, my sacred one ...
     Oh ...

I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING

     Bought on stolen wine
     A nod was the first step
     You knew very well
     What was coming next

     Bought on stolen wine
     A nod was the first step
     You knew very well
     What was coming next

     Did I really walk all this way
     Just to hear you say :
     "Oh, I don't want to go out tonight" ?
     "Oh, I don't want to go out tonight"

     Oh, but you will
     For you must

     I don't owe you anything, no
     But you owe me something
     Repay me now

     You should never go to them
     Let them come to you
     Just like I do
     Just like I do

     You should not go to them
     Let them come to you
     Just like I do
     Just like I do

     Did I really walk all this way
     Just to hear you say :
     "Oh, I don't want to go out tonight" ?
     "Oh, I don't want to go out tonight"

     But you will
     For you must

     I don't owe you anything, no
     But you owe me something
     Repay me now

     Too freely on your lips
     Words prematurely sad
     Oh, but I know what will make you smile tonight

     Life is never kind
     Life is never kind
     Oh, but I know what will make you smile tonight

SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN

     Over the moor, take me to the moor
     Dig a shallow grave
     And I'll lay me down

     Over the moor, take me to the moor
     Dig a shallow grave
     And I'll lay me down

     Lesley-Anne, with your pretty white beads
     Oh John, you'll never be a man
     And you'll never see your home again
     Oh Manchester, so much to answer for

     Edward, see those alluring lights ?
     Tonight will be your very last night

     A woman said : "I know my son is dead
     I'll never rest my hands on his sacred head"

     Hindley wakes and Hindley says :
     Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says :
     "Oh, wherever he has gone, I have gone"

     But fresh lilaced moorland fields
     Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
     Fresh lilaced moorland fields
     Cannot hide the stolid stench of death

     Hindley wakes and says :
     Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says :
     "Oh, whatever he has done, I have done"

     But this is no easy ride
     For a child cries :
          "Oh, find me ... find me, nothing more
          We are on a sullen misty moor
          We may be dead and we may be gone
          But we will be, we will be, we will be, right by your side
          Until the day you die
          This is no easy ride
          We will haunt you when you laugh
          Yes, you could say we're a team
          You might sleep
          You might sleep
          You might sleep
          BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !
          Oh, you might sleep
          BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !
          You might sleep
          BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !"
     Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
     Oh Manchester, so much to answer for

     Oh, find me, find me !
     Find me !
     I'll haunt you when you laugh
     Oh, I'll haunt you when you laugh
     You might sleep
     BUT YOU WILL NEVER DREAM !
     Oh ...
     Over the moors, I'm on the moor
     Oh, over the moor
     Oh, the child is on the moor